This is not an art gallery, but an experiment in different genres, styles and photographic techniques.

søndag 2. oktober 2011

Silhouettes, sequence and everyday life.

Much hashappenedin mylifesince I blogged the last time. It's been two weeks! Without going toomuch intodetails, I cantell you thatIhavealso been sick for a while now.ButI'm onthe road to recovery.TodayI madebreakfast for myself forthe first timein a long time.AndIfeltinspired again! Icannottell youenoughhow much Ireallylovephotography.Isodo!Ahh,and itbreaksmy heartwhen I thinkof the possibilityofnot being able todoit anymore.

So, letme showyou whatIhavedone since thelast time.Itis a great deal.Again, I have hadsomeboringtaskswhere Ihave had toshowthe difference betweenusing a flashindoors and outdoors, with differentobjectives- andto measurethe temperature ofthe light andsee the differencebetweenthe differenttemperatures, etc., etc.Such tasksare not aboutthe picture itselfanddo not communicate much,butwe have to do them because it ispractical, and we learn a lot. They are only test shots, so I'm not gonna showthemto you. However, I'll show you some silhouettes.

It's alwaysfun totry somethingnew,and Icantell you thatIhavenevermade​​silhouettesbefore.Itwas a littledifficult at first, to be honest.Wehad a lot offun onthisshoot, especiallywith all theposing that was required. Ithad tobe a bit dramaticalso it wouldlookinteresting.Andwewere allverycreativewhenwe were finding newwaysto pose. It was a good day.

I was goingto putupmorepictures,butit looks likethe serverfailed to handle more than threesilhouettes. Sorry folks! Moving on to the next thing.

I had to make a sequenceas well thesameweek. We had the chance tochoosewhatever we wanted,and many people in my class chose totake a pictures oftheir foodas itbecomesless andless ontheplate.Ichose tofocuson facialexpressions andtook picturesofSophia.She was getting tired for sure.A picturespeaksa thousand words, right?

Igot goodfeedbackfor the sequence.Myteachersaidthat althoughheusuallyhatesthecolor I've usedin the pictures,he likes itin this setting.I don't usually usethis greenish-sepia-color,but Iwanted to achieve an old film vibe also because of the way the imagesareputtogether.Instead ofhavingitin blackand white.Whatdo you think?Do you also hatethe coloras muchas myteacher andme?Helikedthe fact thatshe lookedlike an adult.Almostlike a littleperson who is nervous before a giving a speech.

The next thing wehad todo wasto reada text byPaulGraham, called "Photographyis soeasy.........". If you want, you can read it here: http://www.americansuburbx.com/2009/07/theory-paul-graham-photography-is-easy.html

Ihavenotlearned toscanthe negativesyet,so theseimages have beenphotographed with my digital camera butnotmanipulated.That's the beauty ofanalogimages.They areasthey are.No changes, and no possibility of deleting if you are not happy with the result. The film thatI've used for the color images is the KodakPortra 160. It gives a finer grain structure and a natural skin tone reproduction. You can read more about it here http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/films/portra/160main.jhtml

For the black and white, I've used Ilford Delta 100. This is a very expensive film if you want a lab to develope your negatives and also make the copies. You can read more about it here: http://www.ilfordphoto.com/products/product.asp?n=8

I'll try to put up more analog shots when I'll have the time. The camera that I use, is a Minolta XE-7, with a 50mm f1,7.

Here is a picture of me with the camera.

So now you know how my Minolta looks like, and how my Minolta and I look like together!

That's all for now, folks! Maybe I'll write a new post very soon. Next time I'll be talking about phobias, dreams and shapes. Stay tuned!

PS: I need models every week. Please contact me if you live in Oslo, or if you can come to Oslo for a photoshoot. I don't ask for a perfect body or a flawless face, and you don't need experience with modeling. We'll figure it out! My e-mail is monica_tormassy@yahoo.no. You can also find me on facebook: Monica Tormássy, or on Twitter. Thanks!

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I am a 25 year old girl, currently living in Oslo. Photography and art is my passion. I try to put my personal stamp on the photos I take. Every picture taken with my camera - is later processed in a solemn manner. Each image is unique, just like every moment is unique.